34 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



19509 to 19511. Musa spp. 



From Santa Barbara, Cal. Presented by Dr. F. Franceschi, through Mr. 

 O. W. Barrett. Received December 11, 190C. 



19509. Musa martini. 



19510. Musa rhodoclamys. 



19511. Musa ensete. 



19512. Hordeum hexastichum. Six-row barley. 



From Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Received from Prof. J. Buchanan, through 

 Prof. C. A. Zavitz, November 27, 1906. 

 "A pedigreed barley of the Manchurian type; said to be an excellent pro- 

 ducer." {Zavitz.) 



19513 and 19514. Capsicum annuum. Red pepper. 



From Tientsin, China. Received through Mr. F. N. Meyer, agricultural 

 explorer. April 23, 1906. 



19513. 



A large, short-podded variety. 

 19514. 



A long, narrow-podded variety. 



19516. Asparagus acutifolh s. 



From Nice, France. Presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proschowsky. Re- 

 ceived December 12, T.mm;. 



"I have continually been on the lookout for seedlings of Asparagus acuti- 

 folius I... the native species here, the tender shoots of which are eagerly gath- 

 ered as a delicacy, bul the plant is rather scarce in the little wood belonging 

 to me, and it is. I believe, impossible to transplant it, at least when it, as here, 

 grows in the rocks, sending its fleshy routs deep in the fissures. Young plants 

 are exceedingly scarce, as are the seeds, and then it seems even the few seeds 

 produced are destroyed by insect enemies. 



"I nearly gave up the hope of finding young plants, and then going through 

 the pot cultures I came on a plant which was growing in a pot. I have always 

 given orders to save seedlings of this species when found working in the ground, 

 and it must be such a plant. Thus it has come that at last I have had the 

 great pleasure of being able to send you plants undoubtedly true to name. 

 Perhaps you are right that even all the young seedlings I sent are also A. 

 acutifolius, though I thought they were not." (Proschoivsky.) 



19517 to 19521. 



From Alexandria. Egypt. Presented by Mr. V. F. Naggiar, through Mr. 

 David Fairchild, November 6, 1906. 



19517. Andropogon sorghum. Sorghum. 



19518. Axdropogon sorghum. Sorghum. 



19519. Cicer arietinum. Chick-pea. 



19520. Vicia faba. Horse bean. 



19521. Trigonella foenum-graecum. Fenugreek. 



19523 to 19531. 



From Manchuria, Korea, and eastern Siberia. Received through Mr. 

 F. N. Meyer, agricultural explorer, December 1, 1906. 



A collection of seeds, cuttings, and plants, the latter distinguishable from 

 the seeds by the absence of the letter " a " following Meyer's number. 

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